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Tons of goodies are coming in November; check them all out, with dates so you don’t miss them:

BY RIOT PARADOX

A pair of neâ€™erdowells are putting the squeeze on League of Legends. In the dead of night, they broke into the store and stole Hippalusâ€™ most prized possessions (he really loves his socks). The two best detectives in the history of detecting are on the case but, to prevent further chaos, weâ€™re giving in to their demands. These are dark days in Leagueâ€¦ kind of.

Super Ultra Mega Oversized (S.U.M.O) Bundle

Weâ€™re not sure why they chose these specific skins but, to keep them safe, weâ€™re making all of them Legacy onÂ December 2. Theyâ€™ll go into the Skin Protection Program and reside in the Vault until itâ€™s safe to come out, but in the meantime, keep an eye out for those dastardly villains.

Nottingham Ezreal, Red Baron Corki and all their friends storm out of retirement for a limited time.

FromÂ 29 NovemberÂ toÂ 31 December, 47 previously retired Legacy skins will be in the store at their regular price. Each skin will be on sale for 50% off for one day during this time so you can nab a discount on all your favorite retired skins.

Since we’re giving out the schedule ahead of time though, we won’t be offering refunds if you purchase a skin before it’s on sale and miss out on the discount.

For those of you who just have to have it all, we’re introducing the Mega Legacy Bundle for a limited time. FromÂ 29 NovemberÂ toÂ 2 December, you can add all 47 skins to your wardrobe for 60% off and pick up the corresponding Champions for 50% off. Of course, the bundle will automatically adjust in pricing depending on the content you already own.

Check out the list of skins and the sale schedule below, and pick up your favorites before the doors to the Legacy Vault close until next time!

During the Harrowing, many of you asked if you could send a Mystery Gift to yourself. Well, fromÂ November 29thÂ throughÂ December 2nd, youâ€˜ll be able to do precisely that with Mystery Skin! Each Mystery Skin will deliver a randomly selected un-owned skin currently in the store at 520 RP or higher. As with the first round of Mystery Gifting, you’ll only unlock skins for champions you own.

As an extra treat, we’ll be including several legacy skins that won’t be coming out of the vault for the rest of 2013.

TPA Shen

TPA Ezreal

TPA Orianna

TPA Nunu

TPA Mundo

Riot Nasus

Riot Graves

Riot Blitzcrank

Mystery Skins will be available in the Skins tab of the store for 490 RP and are limited to three per day. Surprise yourself with an early holiday treat this year; check out Mystery Skins onÂ November 29th!

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Â RiotWrekz:Â If you are high in the pick order you would be well served by making a more strategic pick and playing a champion that is going to be relatively safe regardless of lane matchup. Jax is a good example of this in top, a lot of top laners can bully him before 6 and then the lane flips because he gains a lot of consistent power. Naturally this also depends on you playing the lane correctly when in an unfavorable matchup.

If you identify when the enemy laner is going to be getting the most out of their power you can plan the lane around engagements are specific level breaks and play defensively outside of those windows. Barring cases where two champions do not belong in a lane against each other the fundamental toolkit that identifies a champion belonging in X lane should give them the tools to interact with likely opponents in that lane.

Counters inside that context (mage vs mage) are minimal and can frequently be responded to by shifting playstyle and responding appropriately to being behind. Understanding you are behind and shifting to a defensive playstyle can even allow you to get back in the lane as the aggressive player will cause the lane to push and open opportunities for ganks.

Â RiotWrekz:Â There is a clear difference between a champion being “overpowered” and a champion having a strong and versatile lane phase. There are a number of champions with powerful team fight potential that struggle during lane phase in many match ups. Finally, “countering” a champion doesn’t just mean picking someone that can win a lane against them, it means evaluating what they bring to a team comp and where you can slot the response to that. As an example, you don’t run Zac in mid to counter nidalee, you run hard engage throughout your team to stop her from poking and disengaging.